Interests and Preferences of Primary School Pupils Regarding the Natural Science Education

Drago Skurjeni, Slavko Dolinsek and Rok Strasek
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Slavko Dolinsek: University of Primorska, Slovenia
Rok Strasek: University of Primorska, Slovenia

Management, 2008, vol. 3, issue 4, 363-378

Abstract: The purpose of the research is to analyze and investigate the interest of primary school pupils in natural science topics within primary school subject fields. Examining the existing curricula, it becomes evident that natural science topics are intertwined in different subject fields. Based on the methodology, developed within the rose project, a quantitative research was performed in order to investigate pupils’ wishes and interests regarding learning about natural science topics within different subject fields. The data was acquired by means of a questionnaire. The findings suggest that the level of Slovene pupils’ interest in natural science is low; nevertheless the girls are more interested in it than boys. The pupils would like to learn more about animals, non-scientific phenomena and information technology. However, they are not interested in physics.

Keywords: curriculum; education; natural science; primary school pupils; interests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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